Local society notes highlight visits and birthdays
The column records several visits from Mt Vewer and Charleston to Athens and Canton events. It notes Sigma Pi auxiliary officer elections, a Cleveland business trip for Brewster Higley, a Canton birth, a Athens high school play, a senior class commencement, and East Side Parent-Teacher Association efforts including a milk lunch program benefiting undernourished children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Side
Field Scott
Carl Fuller
Supt. C. E. Stailey
Board of Education
Scott
State
Parent-Teacher Association
Close Successful Year's Work A Most Successful Year
A report highlights a year of achievements with strong progress across programs. Key figures show improved outcomes and community impact, marking a positive finish to the year.
Couple Married at First Presbyterian Manse
Mr. Guy Graham and Mrs. Florence Campbell Duncan wed Wednesday afternoon at 2 30 o clock with Dr A Y Wilcox officiating. They were attended by Mrs Sam Warren Jr and Mrs Harry Frost sisters of the bride. They will reside at Mr Graham s country place on the New Marshfield road.
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Guy Graham
Florence Campbell Duncan
First Presbyterian
A. Y. Wilcox
Sam Warren Jr
Harry Frost
Graham
Mr. Graham
New Marshfield Road
Tea at the White House Hosts Foster Family Guests
President and Mrs Warren G Harding hosted garden teas at the White House for cabinet senate and house families. On Thursday May 19 Congressman and Mrs I M Foster and daughters Frances and Ruth of Athens attended and danced in the East Room after the tea.
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White House
Warren Harding
Cabinet
Senate
House of Representaives
I. M. Foster
Frances
Ruth
Athens
East Room
Foster
Hatch Family Links Atlanta Athens Legislatures a Century Apart
May 27 Athens representative Henry A Hatch retains the seat from the same county his great grandfather Elijah Hatch held a century earlier in 1819 22. The piece traces both men careers notes Ephraim Cutler letters from 1818 discuss political backing and early Ohio politics showing long standing partisan engagement in Warren and Marietta.
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Columbus
Henry A. Hatch
Athens
General Assembly
Elijah Hatch
Hatch
83Rd
Athens County
Pennsylvania
Washington County
Ephraim Cutler
Manasseh Cutler
Mary Lee
Westerville
Warren
Marietta
Suport
Elifas
Hatchesq
Ohio
Two Women Injured in Athene State Hospital Drive Crash
Mrs. Louisa Atkinson and Mrs. Emmitt Keenan were seriously hurt when a Dodge driven by Attorney Keenen collided with a Buick touring car driven by Alton Hope. Atkinson suffered facial and neck cuts after being thrown through the windshield while Keenan was bruised in the back seat. The Hope car sustained major damage. the other driver was uninjured. Legal action may follow as accounts differ.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisa Atkinson
Emmitt Keenan
Athens State Hospital
Atkinson
Keenan
Attorney Keenen
Alton Hope
John Hope Jr
Sweden's Paper Mill Fully Electrified and Operated
A Swedish paper mill runs and heats entirely by electricity, showcasing a fully electric production and heating system. The facility relies on electric power for all manufacturing processes and on-site heating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sweden
Peace in Coal Strike Near After London Talks
London May 27 United Press British coal strike moving toward settlement after talks among miners mine owners and government officials Premier Lloyd George met leaders at 11 o clock and left with hopeful signs He was reported to consider a government subsidy up to seven million pounds though not expected to be proposed early in negotiations
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ED. L. Keen
United Press
London
Lloyd George
Ant
Board of Trade
Smallpox Not Epidemic In Athens Says Health Officer
Athens officials report no outbreak after rumors of student cases at Ohio University. Health Officer J M Higgins cites statistics showing only one student girl with small pox, under quarantine at the university hospital and improving. Physicians vaccinate students to curb spread.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
J. M. Higgins
Ohio University
University Hospital
Stock Markets Flooded Chicago Hog Prices Hit Low
Flooding of live stock markets nationwide sent porker prices to the lowest level since 1916. After a week of heavy declines hogs fell 25 to 40 cents a hundred pounds in the chief markets.
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Chicago
Mrs Susan Scott Payton Receives Life Certificate
Mrs Susan Scott Payton of Athens has been granted a teacher life certificate by the state board. She is a graduate of the Athens public school and Ohio University normal school and has just closed a term of school in Bern township.
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Susan Scott Payton
Athens
Payton
Ohio University Normal School
Bern Township
Peace Still Far Distant in Both Assembly Depts
COLUMBUS OH May 27 Peace in legislative circles remained distant as the General Assembly held another session. House leaders held firm that no further action be taken this session and that Governor Davis be called on to end the assembly only if the Senate adjourned sine die. The Senate likewise refused to yield and would block attempts to dissolve the legislature by withholding appropriation bills or challenging executive interference.
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Columbus
General Assembly
House
Davis
Senate
Pastry Sale Announced by Sunnyside PTA at Athens Electric
A pastry sale is set for Saturday afternoon hosted by the Sunnyside Parent Teacher Association at the Athens Electric Company. Proceeds support PTA activities and student programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens Electric Company
Sunnyside
Parent-Teacher Association
Miss Cornelia Lehman Passes Away in Athens
Miss Cornelia Lehman died this morning at 10 o'clock in her Athens home. Funeral services will be Saturday at 9:30 at the newsom Walburn parlors, Rev. C. L. Strecker officiating, with remains to Lancaster for burial. Ella Palmer of Findlay, a cousin, accompanies the body. Lehman was a niece of the late Mrs. Loring Brown and had lived with her, then with the A. P. Reeder family until Mrs. Reeder's death.
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Cornelia Lehman
Athens
ewsom-Walburn Undertaking
C. L. Strecker
Lancaster
Ella Palmer
Findlay
Lehman
Loring Brown
Brown
A. P. Reeder
Reeder
New Road Jobs to Be Let by Ohio Highway Department
Columbus Ohio May 27 United Press the state highway department will contract 100 miles of main highways and 26 miles of repairs in 30 counties at an estimated cost of 4 797 958 63 The letting is the largest in the state s history said L H Herrick the highway commissioner The projects bring total work under the current administration to 253 34 miles in 79 counties and mark the highest May record in the department s history
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Columbus
United Press
Ohio
State
L. H. Herrick
Herrick
Traffic Growing Outside the City
The Richland Avenue congestion during a recent street carnival and ball games shows growing traffic outside city limits. County and township officials shoulder directing duties, as the district lies beyond city control and requires mutual coordination.
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Richland Avenue
Richland
Workmen Injured as Scaffolding Collapses in Yard
Four workers were injured and thirty others escaped harm when a section of scaffolding collapsed in the Pennsylvania Railroad yards at Columbus on May 27.
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Columbus
Pennsylvania Railroad
At 71 He Plans World’s Greatest Span Over Hudson
A famed bridge engineer proposes a monumental Hudson River crossing at age seventy one. He envisions a bridge roadway for 16 vehicle lanes and 10 railroad tracks, which would connect Brooklyn with a broader region and be hailed as the world’s greatest span.
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Hudson
A . Bee
Hudson River
Brooklyn
Senate agricultural bloc outlines 1920 farmer legislation
A non partisan Senate group of one fourth of members with farming interests plans a Friday meeting to finish a program of farmer bills. Norris packing industry measure leads the agenda followed by the Farmer anti grain gambling bill Capper truth in fabric and other measures aiding agriculture.
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Washington
Senate
Navy
Army
House
Senate Agriculture Committee
Secretary of Agriculture
Wallace
Bitter Fight to Be Kept Alive
In New York on May 27 the Stillman divorce hearings are to resume amid renewed bitterness. James A. Stillman has tried to compromise but his wife rejected terms, and he is determined to proceed.
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New York
Stillman
James A. Stillman
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Mt. Vevere
John
Cleveland
Hiss Mary Devlyn
Ge McKee
Charleston
W. V
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Poplar Avenue
Sigma Pi Auxiliary
Chapter
South Congress Street
Brewster Higley
The
American Express Co
Amelia Higley
North Congress Street
Canton
Thomas John
John M. Dunningan
Dunnigan
Claude B. Parker
Gallipolis
C. D. Gist
Athens High School
Miss Jean Gist
Parker
Postumr Cereal Cogic
Battie Creek, Mich
Royal Garden
Emerson Records
Parker Bros
Nath
Assembly Dept
Gustav Lindenthal
Australia
Radio Tele
Ernor Davis
Northern
Athens Furniture Exchange
Home Furnishing Co
LOWE
John Overmyer
Mgr
Mill Street
Wulle Ullal
Premier
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Brussels
Key Fashion Park
Prestons
B. V. D. Drawers
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